SELECT LIST OF SEASONABLE 



Decorative and Flowering Plants. 



For Complete List and Cultural Directions see our Garden Book for 1909. 

 ABUTILONS. 



(Chinese Bell Flower, or Flowering Maple.) 



Most desirable free-flowering plants for the conservatory or window gar- 

 den. Six distinct colors, viz. : White, yellow, orange, pink, red and carmine. 

 10 cts. each; §1.00 per doz. 



ACACIA. 



Armata. A most desirable house plant, succeeding under the same con- 

 ditions as an Azalea or Camellia; the bright canary-yellow globular 

 flowers are produced in March and April. 50 cts. and SI. 00 each. 



^SCHYNANTHUS. 



Grandif lora A pretty trailing or basket plant for the warm conservatory, 

 bearing attractive orange-scarlet flowers. 25 cts. each. 



aglaonema. 



Dwarf-growing Aroids, with pretty, variegated foliage suitable for the 



warm conservatory. 



Costatum. Very compact, heart-shaped leaves of dark, shining green, 

 with white midrib and scattering blotches of white. 



Marantaefolium Maculatum. Dark green foliage, beautifully varie- 

 gated with greenish white. 



Pictum. Foliage of rich verdant green, marbled and spotted with deep 

 French-green and silver-grey. 



50 cts. each; §5.00 per doz. One of each for $1.25. 



ALLAMANDA. 



WlIHamsii. This handsome variety is quite dwarf, and forms a compact 



bush, with trusses of flowers of a very rich, yet delicate, tint of yellow, 



deliciously scented and in bloom during the greater part of the year. 



25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 

 Henderson!. A strong-growing-variety, with very large yellow flowers. 



25 cts. and 50 cts. each. y 



Araucaria Excelsa. 



ALOCASIAS. 



Beautiful subjects for the warm conservatory, with showy, or- 

 namental foliage. 

 Argyrea. Foliage deep green, with silvery-white ribs and 



veins. §1.50 .each. 

 Macrohiza Variegata. Large bright green foliage, with 



irregular blotches of ivory white. 50 cts. and §1.00 each. 



ALPI1SIA SANDERS. 



A handsome new species from New Guinea of this useful 

 class of stove plants, with erect stems and short-stalked glabrous 

 leaves, 4 to 5 inches long by f to 14/ inches wide, tapering at 

 both ends; of a rich, shining green, regularly striped at close 

 intervals with broad white bands diverging from the midrib to 

 the margin. §1.00 each. 



ANTHURIUMS (Flamingo Flower). 



Pretty greenhouse plants that have many good qualities. 

 Their peculiar-shaped flowers of rich colorings frequently last on 

 the plant from two to three months. 

 Andreanum Hybrids. A fine collection of seedlings in red, 



rose and white. §1.00 and §1.50 each. 

 Scherzerianum. Brilliant scarlet. 50 cts. and §1.00 each. 



— Album. White. $2.00 each. 



— MajUS. Large scarlet. §1.00 each. 



— Mme. Dalliere. Soft salmon-pink. §1.00 each. 



— Rothschildlanum. White spotted crimson. §1.50 each. 



— Sanguineum. Rich crimson. §1.50 each. 

 Magnificum. Olive-green foliage, with silvery veins. §1.50 



each. 



APHELANDRA. 



Roezlii. A pretty hot-house plant, with silvery green foliage 

 and showy terminal spikes of bright, red-bracted flowers, pro- 

 duced during the late autumn. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



ARAIJA. 



Handsome decorative foliage plants for the stove or warm conservatorv; ele- 

 gant for exhibition purposes. 

 Chabrierii. Long, narrow, deep green foliage, with crimson-bronze midrib. 



§1.00 each. 

 Elegantissima. Finely-divided, metallic green foliage. §1.50 each. 

 Kerchoveana. Foliage rather broad, of a deep, glossy green, relieved by a 

 pale midrib. §1.50 each. 

 Veitchii. A handsome species, with narrow leaflets of a dark green 



above and red underneath. $1.50 each. 

 Gracillima. Similar to above, but with narrower foliage. §1.50 each. 



Anthurium. 



ARAUCARIA (Norfolk Island Pine). 



Excelsa. As a decorative plant for the house this is one of the hand- 

 somest and most serviceable plants in our collection. 



4-inch pots, 6 inches high §0 50 each. 



5-inch pots, 12 inches high 1 00 each. 



6-inch pots, 18 inches high .... - 1 50 each. 



6-inch pots, 24 inches high 2 00 each. 



Excelsa Glauca. Identical with the above, except in the color of 



the foliage, which is of a bluish or glaucous color. 



5-inch pots, 10 inches high. . . §1.00 each | 6-inch pots, 15 inches high. . . .§2.00 each. 



Robusta Compacta. Compact growth, producing even a more symmetrical plant than 



Excelsa; the color is a rich deep green. Strong plants in 5-inch pots, 10 inches 



high, $1.50 each; 6-inch pots, 15 inches high, §2.00 each. 



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